The Heron's Nest: The Daily Numbers for Tuesday, Feb. 11

The Daily Numbers: 6-8 inches of snow due to hit the region Wednesday night into Thursday.

43.3 inches of snow so far this year at Philadelphia International Airport.

78.7 inches of snow, all-time record for region, set in 2009-2010.

2,246 people still without power after last week’s ice storm. Hopefully they get the power back before the next storm arrives.

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1,125 still without power in Chester County.

69 still in the dark here in Delco.

89, age of woman found dead in her Lansdowne home. It has been ruled a homicide. She was beaten and stabbed.

1-way or 2-way, that’s the question being debated in Upper Chichester for Beeson Avenue.

90, age of Upper Darby man who was assaulted by a 19-year-old from Philly. The teen was sentenced to 1-2 years in prison.

37, age of mother who faces charges in connection with brawl outside local school.

3 winning lottery tickets worth 300,000 that are about to expire in Delco. If you got ‘em better cash ‘em.

36, age of Radnor banker who pleaded guilty to charges of possession of child porn and criminal use of a communication facility.

10-30 months in jail for Aston man in connection with theft spree.

150,326 dollars raised by Joe Sestak in what is expected to be a Senate run against Pat Toomey.

800,000 dollars raised by Sen. Pat Toomey in final quarter of 2013.

7.4 billion dollars over 30 years, how much Gov. Tom Corbett says his new pension reform plan would save.

6 people killed when a driver going wrong way on California interstate slammed into another car. 4 of the victims were from 1 family.

150 U.S. flights that have landed at the wrong airport in the last year, according to the FAA.

7 point uptick for Dow Jones yesterday.

2 straight games the Sixers have now been hammered by at least 40 points.

0 other teams in the NBA who have ever done that. The Sixers franchise have done it one other time.

123-80 loss at the hands of the Golden State Warriors, 1 night after they got blown out 123-78 by the Clippers.

1 more day until pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater for the Phillies.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

I’ve been feeling bad about being buried under all this snow. Then I thought at the Sixers. Suddenly things don’t seem quite so bad.

I Don’t Get It: What do you think the chances are that Comcast gives me a rebate for the two days the cable and Internet were out at home? Yeah, thought so.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to PECO and that small army of workers who have just about everyone back on the grid after last week’s ice storm. Don’t go home, guys, we’re looking at 6-8 inches of heavy, wet snow here Wednesday night into Thursday. No doubt lots more trees will come down, leading to new power outages.

Quote Box: “You take all this for granted.”

- Dave Fish, who spend 6 days without power in Radnor.

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